judicial
adjective
ju·di·cial
jü-ˈdi-shəl 
1
a
: of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary
judicial processes
judicial powers
b
: belonging to the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare executive, legislative
2
: ordered or enforced by a court
a judicial sale
3
: belonging or appropriate to a judge or the judiciary
judicial robes
judicial dignity
4
: of, characterized by, or expressing judgment : critical sense 2d
5
: arising from a judgment of God
Examples of judicial in a Sentence
the judicial branch of government
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Judge Kirsten Nielsen Hartig of the 52-4 District Court in Troy, who faces a public complaint from the state body that investigates bad behavior by judges, raised alarm with the behavior of her judicial investigators in a formal response posted to the body’s website on Wednesday, July 9.
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
The ruling, issued in Frost v. Lion Brand Yarn Company, contributes to an evolving judicial recognition that businesses can no longer treat digital accessibility as optional.
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The messages were released Thursday morning by Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats who are trying to defeat Bove's nomination for a judicial appointment to the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
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The strategies harness years of conservative legal scholarship while also reaping the benefits of hundreds of judicial appointments by Republican presidents that have increased the pool of judges more likely to be sympathetic to the administration’s arguments.
—Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
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Darcie Moran, Freep.com, 11 July 2025
The ruling, issued in Frost v. Lion Brand Yarn Company, contributes to an evolving judicial recognition that businesses can no longer treat digital accessibility as optional.
—Dekel Skoop, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025
The messages were released Thursday morning by Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats who are trying to defeat Bove's nomination for a judicial appointment to the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
—July 10, CBS News, 10 July 2025
The strategies harness years of conservative legal scholarship while also reaping the benefits of hundreds of judicial appointments by Republican presidents that have increased the pool of judges more likely to be sympathetic to the administration’s arguments.
—Sacbee.com, 9 July 2025
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“Judicial.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/judicial. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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judicial
adjective
ju·di·cial
ju̇-ˈdish-əl
1
: of or relating to courts or judges
2
: ordered or enforced by a court
a judicial decision
Legal Definition
judicial
adjective
ju·di·cial
jü-ˈdi-shəl
1
a
: of or relating to a judgment, the function of judging, the administration of justice, or the judiciary
b
: of, relating to, or being the branch of government that is charged with trying all cases that involve the government and with the administration of justice within its jurisdiction compare administrative sense 2, executive sense 1, legislative
2
: created, ordered, or enforced by a court
a judicial foreclosure
compare conventional sense 1, legal sense 2c
judicially
adverb
Etymology
Latin judicialis, from judicium judgment, from judic-, judex judge, from jus right, law + dicere to determine, say
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